Did you know there’s a town built entirely of mud bricks? Nestled in the Hadhramaut Valley of eastern Yemen, The City of Shibam stands as a mesmerizing example of human ingenuity, history, and ...

Shibam, known as "Manhattan of the Desert," is a Yemeni city celebrated for its mud-brick skyscrapers, earning UNESCO World Heritage status alongside Sanaa and Zabid for their unique architecture.

ISTANBUL The ancient city of Shibam, located in the Wadi Hadramaut region of Yemen, is renowned for its mud brick-made high-rise buildings and boasts a population of approximately 7,000 people.

TUCKED away in the middle of Yemen lies an ancient desert city with a unique style of architecture that dates back to the 16th century. Dubbed the “Manhattan of the Dessert”, the sprawl… ...

The origins of skyscraper construction can be traced back 492 years to the ancient city of Shibam in Yemen. Here, the city's 7,000 residents lived in residential mud-brick high-rise buildings.

The incredible ancient skyscraper city that's 500 years old and made of mud It reminded someone so much of cities they had seen in the west that it was coined "the Manhattan of the Desert".

(CNN) — Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time ...

Laborers in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa rebuild a 350-year-old mud-brick residence owned by the Al Jerafi family. The city, controlled by Houthi rebels since 2014, is subject to air strikes from a ...

(CNN) — Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time ...